there are plenty of other young people growing up in county durham and elsewhere thinking about the samer putin going rogue in terms of particular people around him in fattening nuclear response to what is going on in the ground in ukraine. in a way it is even more dangerous now than it was then, seemingly because we don't have that kind of set piece of interaction that we did have back in the cold war. i threw in many respects, whaley and us, that everything has gone full circle from 1983, 198a round to 202a again. my mac the thing that makes it scarier now is the lack of off ramps or rails or an emergency press here, institutions and structures that existed then? that's right, or at least the lack of faith in those institutions. that's one of the reasons why we have so much conflict now, we have simultaneously loved our confidence in international system as well as into many of the domestic systems. you have got, in the case of adam putin russia, someone who is kind of unchecked,in russia, someone who is kind of unchecked, in the power and in their ability to do things —— vladimir puti

and so what was happening in county durham in the �*80s, when you were a teenager and you decided thatsian was the thing that you wanted to get into? well, look, that was the period that actually it's the subject of a netflix series at the moment about the cold war and the bomb, where we had the war scares with the soviet union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. but the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a kid, a teenager in school in county durham. i mean, it was thanks to the bbc, you know, which we were watching religiously, you know, every day at teatime or the 9:00 news or, you know, kind of later episodes. you could really get that sense that things were happening geopolitically. and, you know, i was growing up, not that too far away from air force bases, is constant, you know, sorties of everything from harrierjumpjets to, you know, otherfighter planes that would kind of whiz, you know, kind of across the skies. and, um, you know, i was spending a

communities across the country have been targeted with heinous acts and threats of violence in durham county, north carolina this past march, according to the county elections director, a man showed up too late to the polls and was told he couldn't vote in the primary when the individual told our chief administrator at the pre saying that if i can't vote with a ballot, vote with a bullet law enforcement responded, but derek bowen says, the man sun left the scene last year, a series of suspicious letters, some laced with fentanyl were sent to election offices throughout the country. they are constant threat of violence has led to an exodus. many experienced election officials are stepping down this cycle, some citing harassment if i've had death threats i family has suffered through threats for those staying on the job. the measures they're taking to try to stay safe are mind-boggling and it really adds to the anxiety that we have about doing our job in durham county. >> workers at polling places this year will be equipped with panic buttons. >> they can actually press a button and that will

it has a maoist ring to it, a county durham and darlington nhs foundation trust spokesman said additional have been put in place . these include a private place. these include a private lockable changing room and an office which has been converted into a locker room for the storage of belongings. well, there you go. anyway, up next, it's the great patrick christys. patrick, it's nice to have you back. you had an evening off, which is so unusual. what have you got on your programme tonight? >> yes. okay, so keir starmer promised homes for heroes. all right. but now it looks as though brave military veterans will not be given priority housing, even when it comes to asylum seekers or illegal immigrants, which is remarkable. there is a non—stop scandal taking place . at the heart of taking place. at the heart of the labour party is keir starmer, lying about why he lived at lord alli pad. and did he break covid rules? and should phillip schofield ever be allowed back on television? >> oh, that's all going to be extremely interesting. you're on a strong wicket this evening patrick. that's comin

county too where durham is right now. single corner of the state. is going to allow us to be successful here again in november. >> so last one quickly before i let you go, i mean, you currently have a supermajority in the state legislature, do you think the republican -- the robinson scandals could also impact those down ballot races and allow democrats to take away republicans' seats in the state house? >> it absolutely should you know. we're in a one seat minority right now and we have phenomenal democrats that are running everywhere to break the republican supermajority in the state legislature. and give a democratic governor, josh stein next year, veto power back because we know that we've seen a republican state legislature restrict abortion rights in north carolina. voting rights in north carolina. and further disenfranchise public education in our state this year. there are only taking us further backwards as a party. >> state legislatures hugely matter down ballot and thank you to you for all your work. thank you

. >> in durham county, north carolina this past march, according to the county elections director, a man showed up too late to the polls and was told he couldn't vote in the primary when the individual told our chief administrator at the pre saying that if i can't vote with a ballot, vote with a bullet law enforcement responded, but derek bowen says, the man sun left the scene last year, a series of suspicious letters, some laced with fentanyl were sent to election offices throughout the country. >> the near constant threat of violence has led to an exodus he experienced election officials stepping down this cycle. some citing harassment. >> i've i've had death threats. i family has suffered through threats for those staying on the job, the measures they're taking to try to stay safe are mind-boggling and it really adds to the anxiety that we have about doing our job in durham county workers at polling places this year will be equipped with panic buttons. >> they can actually press a button and that will alert emergency services to respond and it will use bluetooth technology for the

communities across the country have been targeted with heinous acts and threats of violence in durham county, north carolina. this past march, according to the county elections director a man showed up too late to the polls and was told he couldn't vote in the primary when the individual told our chief administrator at the pre saying that if i can't vote with a ballot, vote with a bullet, law enforcement responded, but derek bowen says, the man sun left the scene last year, a series of suspicious letters, some laced with fentanyl were sent to election offices throughout the country. the near constant threat of violence has led to an exodus. many experienced election officials are stepping down this cycle. some citing harassment. >> i've, i've had death threats i family has suffered through threats for those staying on the job, the measures they're taking to try to stay safe are mind-boggling. >> it really adds to the anxiety that we have about doing our job in durham county, workers at polling places this year will be equipped with panic buttons. >> they can actually press a button and that

it has a maoist ring to it, a county durham and darlington nhs foundation trust spokesman said additionale been put in place . these include a private place. these include a private lockable changing room and an office which has been converted into a locker room for the storage of belongings. well, there you go. anyway, up next, it's the great patrick christys. patrick, it's nice to have you back. you had an evening off, which is so unusual. what have you got on your programme tonight? >> yes. okay, so keir starmer promised homes for heroes. all right. but now it looks as though brave military veterans will not be given priority housing, even when it comes to asylum seekers or illegal immigrants, which is remarkable. there is a non—stop scandal taking place . at the heart of taking place. at the heart of the labour party is keir starmer, lying about why he lived at lord alli pad. and did he break covid rules? and should phillip schofield ever be allowed back on television? >> oh, that's all going to be extremely interesting. you're on a strong wicket this evening patrick. that's coming up

msnbc correspondent, trymaine lee in durham county, north carolina, a lot of printings already happeninghis? >> what do they do about this? look behind me? for now, absolutely nothing. i got here this morning in durham county, a buzz of activity, election workers were stuffing ballots into envelopes. they got word, the appeals court judge ruled in favor of rfk jr. use the word like opening season. this is like the first game, and now it's nothing, it's been rained out. they were expecting to mail out, across the state, 130,000 early ballots, 5,000 in the building alone, but now with the court's decision, everything is reversed, now they have to gather every single one of these ballots. they had to print off new ones, make sure the name is off it. they had to go through the entire quality control process. in the meantime, you have military folks, expecting and hoping to get their absentee ballots. today was the deadline, they had to get them out. there is real concern here, if they don't get things in order, they might miss that deadline. there are other things at stake too. i spoke with

, and the next in county durham, and the next time i moved out of the house was in the big brothere show for. i think it was 78 days, which is, you know, just under three months. and it wasn't like the tv shows now where they get to speak to producers, they get haircuts . producers, they get haircuts. this was literally cooked up in a for house nearly for nearly three months to come away winning the show , won £50,000, winning the show, won £50,000, came out fireworks. everyone knowing my name. the next day was equally as crazy. i signed , was equally as crazy. i signed, a okay photo shoot where i got £200,000. wow. so so it was a real, real, extreme high and taste of fame because it was, you know, from zero to hero, but . you know, from zero to hero, but. and, you know, with that high, it had, it had a huge low because when it got to the point where i, it got to the point where i, it got to the point where i, it got to the point where i basically needed to get a job and that my ego, pride, paranoia , what people would paranoia, what people would think of me if i went and got a nor

i believe in wake county alone it will cost $300,000. 55,000 in durham county.ve to work through the weekend to accommodate rfk jr. , a proxy for trump. howdies tubbed are you by the decision of the state supreme court and how much do you reed into that in terms of any future concerns? >> the north carolina supreme court had ruled years ago the state constitution has the provision that guarantees free elections. all elections shall be free. the north carolina supreme court said that restricts partisan gerrymandering. when republicans flipped the north carolina supreme court in 2023, the first thing they did was overturn the decisions, got the free elections clause and say actually, this is a meaningless clause. when rfk went to the north carolina supreme court and said he wanted to be removed from the ballot, those same republican justices cited the free elections clause. as the reason why he could be removed and the entire early voting process had to be abridged and thrown into chaos. it is sheer partisan hackery. it tells me these guys are very much putting th

more from that reporting, quote, california's los angeles county and durham county, north carolina, wille new offices with significant security upgrades for this year's election. they include bulletproof glass, security cameras and doors that open only with badges. election workers across the country also will have new procedures for handling mail, including kits of narcan, the spray used for accidental overdoses. in some places election workers are being trained in deescalation techniques and how to respond to an active shooter. all of this is in response to the elevated threat level against officials in the wake of the 2020 election and donald trump's big lie. here is the deputy attorney general yesterday. >> we are seeing an unprecedented and extremely disturbing level of threats of violence and violence against public officials, including prosecutors, fbi and other law enforcement agents, judges and election officials. this is a point really that we have to underscore, the threats against election officials who are often simply volunteers. these are people who are simply volunteering

the one thing i wasn't prepared for is to sit in durham county and do this all over again. >> it was> for all but one person to say that he was guilty and one of them undecided, i was thinking, really? send them back. >> vanessa pond was back in salt lake city, when she heard. >> how did you feel when the jury couldn't come to a verdict? >> heartbroken, shocked, stunned. >> scared? >> terrified. >> prosecutor, franks, immediately announced she would try raven again. but almost one year after the judge declared a mistrial, and less than one week before round two of jury selection was scheduled to begin, the state made a stunning announcement. >> late last week, the district attorney's office extended a plea to the defendant, and that has been accepted. >> the d. a.'s made raven abaroa an offer he couldn't refuse. plead guilty to manslaughter, not murder, and serve less than four more years in prison. >> you now personally accept this plea offer? >> yes. >> you were okay with that deal? >> given the alternatives. >> because if he gets tried again and it's an acquittal? >> he walks free

at, let's say as we talk about suburban raleigh and the communities around that, let's look at durham countyters. you have duke university there, and obviously, they have a terrible basketball problem, we'll ignore that for a second. i look at north carolina central, which is an hbcu. in 2008 these were absolute turnout machines for obama. can kamala harris replicate that formula and do so as successfully as obama did? if so, she's going to have wind on her back. it's still a tough state, but the fact sha she's on offense, it's a state we're going to be watching for the rest of the duration of this campaign. she also has to address those voters that were in the segment earlier with kate snow. those people who say i haven't heard enough about kamala harris the and despite her having a good night, not getting enough answers on what she's going to do with the economy. that's what voters of every age are talking about. where are we going to take the economy over the next four years. >> anderson, again, when you and i had a conversation on the phone before this, democrat you can party is in a lot

i spoke with derek bowens who runs elections in durham county. check it out. >> a family-run job for us. we're going to have to go to our board county commissioners and ask for additional funding. >> how frustrating is this? >> as an election county official, i don't have an opinion, and it's an anomaly with previous electionings. election officials know how to roll with the punches and we'll get it done. >> reporter: have you ever experienced anything like this before? >> this is a first for me in my ten plus years. >> reporter: i want you to take a look behind me. there's no action, no energy. earlier today, this room was buzzing. folks were preparing for the earliest absentee ballot in the country. now with everything on pause, all the work to be done. all the man hours, the preparation, it's all out the window, chris. >> trymaine lee in this unprecedented election year, something else to add to that list, thank you for that. >>> well, the markets are heading for the worst week of the year after a highly anticipated jobs report came in weaker

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four trips to eastern north carolina, not to charlotte, not to raleigh, not to durham, but poor lack folks in rural counties, and talking to those folks, we are going to win north carolina this election cycle. >> okay first of all, what you heard from jd vance, that felt like a stunning admission there and secondly, the dnc chair sounds really confident, bold, even. what do you take away from this? >> that's what the dnc chair should say and that's a bold admission from jd vance. north carolina is not a state that a democratic presidential candidate has won since 2008. there's an amazing state party chair, she's the youngest of the country, they have a crazy person running for governor on the republican side. those are things that are in the favor of the harris/walz team, but it is a hard state and i don't think people should underestimate that, in some ways, georgia has better demographics the north carolina but if the democrats are really competing in north carolina, that also expands the map of s the road to 270. so that is good news for the harris/walz team, but the trump team really needs /wnorth carol

yesterday, surrey beat durham by 10 wickets. it's their 22nd county championship title since 1890.sted many of their first team stars ahead of the play—offs next week. the warriors have already won the world club challenge and the challenge cup. they will be aiming to make it a clean sweep by retaining their super league title. to major league baseball, where japanese superstar shohay ohtani continues to break records. nine months after signing the largest contract in baseball history, worth $700 million, he became the first player in major league history to steal 50 bases and hit 50 home runs in the same season. the los angeles dodgers superstar needed one stolen base and two home runs to achieve the feat and ended the night with 51 home runs and 51 steals in a 20—4 win over the miami marlins. you can get all the build up to the weekend's football and get the lowdown on the start of the women's super league on the bbc sport website and app, but from all of us here, goodbye. lets get an update on our main story this lunchtime. fulham football club, which was once owned by mohammed

to date witrh the penultimate round of matches in the county championship and the defending champions surrey have control of their game against durhamentury from ryan patel. surrey were eventually all out for 415 in their first innings. durham then lost an early second innings wicket and they'll go into the third day trailing by 152. surrey�*s main title rivals somerset started this round of matches just eight points behind but they're being made to work hard by relegation threatened lancashire at old trafford. luke wells top scored with 78 not out as lancs finished the second day on 298 for seven in their second innings — a lead of 292 jofra archer is in the side to face australia at trent bridge tomorrow, his first one—dayer since march last year, the fast bowler has been carefully managed by england after elbow and back injuries in recent years. harry brook will captain england for the first time in the five match series. he's been speaking to our cricket reporter henry moeran. i'm just going to be as relaxed as i can be in my usual self trying to react to the game however the game is playing out and move accordingly to try to ge

surrey�*s match with durham ended yesterday with surrey winning by 10—wickets. it s their 22nd countyhip title since 1890. they have become the first team since yorkshire 56 years ago to win three successive titles. the weigh—in for the all british heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua, and champion, daniel dubois takes place in the coming hour. 96,0000 fans are expected to pack out wembley stadium in london tomorrow. dubois won the interim ibf title injune and was elevated to world champion when 0leksandr usyk vacated the belt, but he feels he needs to beatjoshua to be recognised as the world champion. the world title, i need to retain it and hold onto it, so, yes, it's a great thing to have, but i need to legitimise myself by winning this fight, so i'm ready to go, i am ready for a fight. this is a resurrection story of my career and i'm just trying to roll right now, so ijust i'm just trying to roll right now, so i just want the biggest challenges and make a name for myself and create history. it's a blessing to be back again, to be able to perform, prove to myself, prove t

surrey, who are looking for a third county championship title in a row, won the toss and have put durhamuse of rising costs. government support was the last hurdle, it needed reassurances that the games, which will be scaled back, wouldn't come at any cost to the public purse. here's our sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin. it's ten years since glasgow hosted the games, and they will look very different in two years' time. gayle mcpherson, a professor in events and cultural policy, told me that this slimmed down version might be the only viable way forward for the commonwealth games. this has been a chance to reframe and reset the games and use as a stepping stone for something new. and glasgow has a long history of being ambitious and innovative in its approaches to things, so why should we expect any different this time? it's a real opportunity for the city and, bearing in mind that they have been delivering games every other year, major sporting events since glasgow 2014. so they are more than ready.— are more than ready. we've been waitin: are more than ready. we've been waiti